Torah Classes

Chp. 37 verse 23 - Chp. 38 verse 8: The brothers strip Yosef of his coat of many colors, they throw him in a pit, and then they sit down to eat. They then sell him to the Ishmaelites who sell him in Egypt. They dip his coat in sheeps blood and show it to their father, who mourns for the loss of his favorite son. Chp. 38, begins the story of Yehudah marrying and fathering three sons. The eldest son, Er marries Tamar but he sins and dies.

Chp. 37 verse 9-22: Continues with the dreams of Yosef. Yaakov sends him out to the field to check on the brothers and the sheep. The brothers see him and plan to kill him but Ruevain convinces them to throw him in a pit instead, so that he can later save him.

Chp. 37 verse 1-8: Begins with the story of Yosef and his dreams. He tells them to his brothers and they hate him.

Chp. 35 verse 20 - end of chp. 36: : Yaakov buries Rachel on the road to Beth Lechem and puts a marker on her grave. Ruevain has relations with Bilhah. Yitzhok dies at the age of 180. Chp 36 tells us about the genealogy of Esau's family.

Chp.34 verse 15 - Chp. 35 verse 20: The brothers devise a plan to have the Schechemites' circumcise themselves. They agree and on the 3rd day Shimon and Levi kill all the men in the city and save Dinah. Yaakov and family leave Schechem and comes to Luz and he builds an alter to Hashem. Hashem changes his name to Israel. Rachel gives birth to Binyamin and dies in childbirth.

Chp. 32 verse 31 - Chp. 34 verse 14: Yaakov and Esau meet and they kiss and weep. Yaakov introduces his family to Esau. Esau offers to travel with Yaakov but he declines the offer, they separate peacefully. Yaakov goes to Schechem where he buys a parcel of land. Chp. 34 begins the story of the rape of Dinah and the beginning of the discussion between the brothers and her rapist, Schechem.

Chp. 32 verse 19-31: Yaakov instructs the messengers what to say to Esau when they present him with the gifts. He has a fight with Esau's angel who injures him in his thigh, but Yaakov is victorious.

Chp. 32 verse 9-18: Yaakov prays to Hashem for help. He then sends gifts to Esau.

Chp. 33 verse 4-9: Yaakov now on his way back to Canaan, sends messengers to his brother Esua with gifts, hoping to avoid a battle with his brother. Esau is coming to meet him with 400 men. Yaakov is afraid and distressed and he divides his family and possessions into two camps in the hope that one will survive.

Chp. 32 verse 1 until end of sedra. Lavan's relationship with Yaakov begins to deteriorate. Hashem tells Yaakov to return to his land. He confers with his wives and they agree. Yaakov leaves and Lavan chases after him. Hashem appears to Lavan in a dream and tells him not speak to Yaakov "neither good nor bad." Lavan searches the camp of Yaakov for his "terafim" and doesn't find them even though Rachel had taken them. Yaakov expresses his anger at being accused of theft after he had treated Lavan so well. They make a treaty and they both go their own ways.